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*the old version can be found [[OpenWetWare:Steering Committee/Old version|here]].

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The OpenWetWare Steering Committee is charged with leading the future direction of OpenWetWare. The steering committee is '''open to all OWW members, and we are actively seeking participants'''. Please email admin (at) openwetware (dot) org to be added to the mailing list.

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==Action Items for this month==

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*Reddit trial. (cumbers, lucks)

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:*[[OpenWetWare:Steering committee/Meeting - June 2008|Notes from June 2008 meeting]]

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*Make "Edit Sidebar" button for customization. (austin?)

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:*[[OpenWetWare:Steering committee/Meeting - May 2008|Notes from May 2008 meeting]]

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**'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 14:02, 3 September 2006 (EDT):''' I think we can just have this link be on the sidebar by default: [[Special:Mypage/sidebar|edit your sidebar]]

''Please post any topics you would like the SC to consider at the next meeting -- you don't need to be on the committee to post something here!''

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*'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 17:23, 4 September 2006 (EDT):''' Make it easy to make an OWW page compliant with [http://postgenomic.com postgenomic] so it can get aggregated there.

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*'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 17:28, 4 September 2006 (EDT):''' Statistics and survey guru. Might want to have someone who keeps an eye on trends on the site. this could range from surveys of people are using the site as [[OpenWetWare:Steering committee/Goals|was suggested previously]], to looking over [[OpenWetWare:Software/Site analytics|site analytics]] (which will come with new hosting service), or to just tracking site statistics (number of users, number of labs, etc). This sort of information could help the SC make more informed decisions.

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*'''[[User:Rshetty|Reshma]] 10:12, 5 September 2006 (EDT)''': I've been trying to work on a [[Help:Hosting courses|tutorial on how to host courses on OWW]]. Feedback/help welcome.

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*'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 07:59, 7 September 2006 (EDT):''' Should we have an officially sanctioned forum area? Could be a stopgap until the "liquid threads" or whatever gets included in mediawiki...

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**'''[[User:Rshetty|Reshma]] 08:27, 7 September 2006 (EDT)''': There's [[Questions and Answers]] for research-questions and the [[Community portal]] for OpenWetWare questions. Do we need more than that?

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**'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 08:56, 7 September 2006 (EDT):''' Well, this isn't a new topic or anything, but the having discussions is facilitated by threads (and stuff like 'post reply' button, etc). If we think the Mediawiki implementation is going to take to too long, we may consider getting some forum software to run on the site (it wouldn't have to perfectly integrate with the wiki for the short term) - i think hacing a "latest forum discussions" box similar to the one on the front page of [http://www.protocol-online.org/ protocols online] would help OWW be a place to post your general biology questions. It's a good question why a Q&A section hasn't taken off on OWW, it may just be the community is too small, or it could be that the technical hurdles are too high.

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*Prior to the committee formation, there were ad-hoc discussions on OWW development:

**Maintain the technical infrastructure that keeps the site operational.

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